1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3School of Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom, 4The Mentholatum Company Ltd., East Kilbride, United Kingdom

Super-Resolution
(SR) Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) was applied to measure thigh muscle
viscoelastic properties in 20 subjects in whom Exercise Induced Muscle Damage
(EIMD) was produced using a well-established muscle damage protocol. SR-MRE is
made possible by analysing Multi-frequency MRE (MMRE) in a manner such that
multiple low-resolution images of the same scene are interpolated and fused to
create a single, high-resolution image. Muscle tissue is well suited to study
using SR-MRE and the sites of muscle damage could be clearly identified
suggesting potential useful clinical applications for the technique. SR-MRE
also has potential to provide insight regarding the mechanisms underlying
tissue damage in EIMD.

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